Tectona grandis L.f.

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
    (VERBENA OR VERVAIN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
  • Species : Tectona grandis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tectona grandis L.f.
  • Common name : Teak wood tree
  • Vernacular name : Sagvaan (Hin.); Saguvani mara, Thega mara (Kan.); Thaekku, Thanagaamaram (Tam.); Teku (Tel.); Shaka (San.)
  • Key identification features : A tall straight deciduous tree. Young branches are square and deeply channelled. Leaves are large, in opposite pairs with variable shapes and rough-textured. Flowers are small (less than 0.5 cm.), white, sweet-scented and borne on highly branched inflorescences. Fruit is hard and enveloped by bladder-like calyx. Bark is grey, closely furrowed, furrows parallel.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : April-September
  • Native : South-East Asia, Malesia
  • Comments : Planted for its valuable wood, known commercially as Teak.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • World Distribution : Tropical South Asia & Malaysia; Introduced in tropics
  • Literature : Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3):542-569; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Tectona grandis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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